Thousands sign petition to Netflix to bring back Mindhunter series

George McKay

Is Mindhunter one of Netflix’s best shows of all time?

It feels like it’s been forever since Mindhunter graced our screens with the weird and disturbing world of the FBI’s psychological profilers.

Despite that, fans are refusing to give up on the chance the cult show will return for a third series.

A petition is attempting to prove to Netflix how much of an appetite is there for another instalment.

And it’s proving fairly popular, with over 53,000 people signing their names to the cause.

The show was incredibly well reviewed upon the release of its first season in 2017, and many fans and critics believed the second batch of episodes was even better.

With excellent performances from its central cast of FBI profilers, propped up by the downright disturbing characterisations of some of America’s most notorious serial killers, the series became regarded as one of Netflix’s best.

So when it was announced that the project would not be moving forward and David Fincher – a producer and director on the series – would be focusing on other work, fans were devastated.

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Speaking back in February about the decision, Fincher said Netflix had said the audience for the show was too small to justify the high production costs.

He said at the time: “I’m very proud of the first two seasons. But it’s a particularly expensive show and, in the eyes of Netflix, we haven’t attracted a large enough audience to justify such an investment.

“I don’t blame them, they took risks to launch the series.”

But this petition could prove how the audience for Mindhunter has grown in size and in fervour.

The petition reads: “Please believe, even if the numbers didn’t add up in season two as they did for the first season, we are still out here waiting faithfully and clamouring for more. Please don’t let such a brilliant series die because we know, without doubt, this show has the potential to be Netflix’s most successful and popular ever.”

Only time will tell whether the suits over at Netflix heed the call for a new series (the initial plan for season three sounded great), but until then, we will have to make do with a rewatch of the first two seasons.